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Definition cry

Etymology

From Middle English crien, from Old French crier (“to announce publicly, proclaim, scream, shout”) (whence Medieval Latin cr?d? (“to cry out, shout, publish, proclaim”)), from Frankish *kr?tan (“to cry, cry out, publish”), from Proto-Germanic *kr?tan? (“to cry out, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *greyd- (“to shout”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian kriete (“to cry”), Dutch krijten (“to cry”) and krijsen (“to shriek”), German Low German krieten (“to cry, call out, shriek”), German kreißen (“to cry loudly, wail, groan”), Gothic ??????? (kreitan, “to cry, scream, call out”), Latin gingr?tus (“the cackling of geese”), Middle Irish grith (“a cry”), Welsh gryd (“a scream”).

  1. (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.
  2. (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
  4. (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
  5. (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
  6. To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc.
  7. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.

Noun

cry (plural cries)

  1. A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
  2. A shout or scream.
  3. Words shouted or screamed.
  4. A clamour or outcry.
  5. (collectively) A group of hounds.
  6. (by extension, obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
  7. (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
  8. A desperate or urgent request.
  9. (obsolete) Common report; gossip.

Results 315 Words with the letters CRY

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7 letter words with the letters CRY 
6 letter words with the letters CRY 
ARCHLY 14
BRICKY 18
CAIRNY 12
CALORY 12
CANARY 12
CARBOY 14
CARNEY 12
CELERY 12
CHARRY 13
CHEERY 13
CHERRY 13
CHERTY 13
CHIRPY 16
CLERGY 14
CORODY 12
CORYMB 17
CORYZA 20
CRABBY 17
CRACKY 18
CRAFTY 14
CRAGGY 15
CRANKY 16
CRANNY 13
CRAPPY 17
CRAWLY 15
CRAYON 12
CREAKY 15
CREAMY 14
CREASY 11
CREEPY 14
CREPEY 14
CRESYL 12
CRIKEY 15
CRIMPY 17
CRISPY 14
CROAKY 15
CROUPY 15
CROWDY 15
CRUDDY 14
CRUMBY 18
CRUMMY 18
CRUSTY 12
CRYING 14
CRYPTO 14
CRYPTS 14
CURACY 15
CURTLY 13
CURTSY 12
CURVEY 16
CYBORG 16
CYCLER 15
CYDERS 12
CYMARS 14
CYPHER 16
CYPRES 14
CYPRUS 15
DECURY 13
DESCRY 12
DRECKY 16
HYDRIC 14
LYRICS 12
MYRICA 14
OCHERY 13
OUTCRY 12
PIRACY 14
PRICEY 14
PRICKY 18
RACILY 12
RECOPY 14
REECHY 13
RICHLY 14
RICKEY 15
SCAREY 11
SCARRY 11
SCREWY 14
SCURFY 15
SCURRY 12
SCURVY 16
SPRUCY 15
TORCHY 13
TRICKY 15
YTTRIC 11
5 letter words with the letters CRY 
CARNY 11
CARRY 10
CHARY 12
CLARY 11
CORBY 13
CORKY 14
CORNY 11
COWRY 13
COYER 10
CRAZY 19
CREPY 13
CRONY 11
CRYPT 13
CURDY 12
CURLY 12
CURRY 11
CURVY 15
CYBER 13
CYDER 11
CYMAR 13
DECRY 11
FARCY 13
LYCRA 11
LYRIC 11
MERCY 13
OCHRY 12
PRICY 13
PYRIC 13
ROCKY 14
SCARY 10
4 letter words with the letters CRY 
CORY 9
RACY 9
SCRY 9
3 letter words with the letters CRY 
CRY 8

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